Police officer cleared over Anthony Grainger shooting following investigation
Anthony Grainger died in 2012 TWO of three investigations into the fatal shooting of Bolton man Anthony Grainger have concluded with the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) finding that the conduct of a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer involved did not breach professional standards. Mr Grainger, 36, who was unarmed, was fatally wounded in Culcheth, Cheshire, by a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) firearms officer during a police operation in March 2012. He was shot in the chest whilst sitting in a stolen Audi with two other occupants. The armed officer fired a single shot ...